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My New “Office” Space

Since starting this blog I have worked on my posts, sat on the floor in my living room, using the coffee table as my desk which has worked fairly well but hasn’t been ideal as I found myself getting distracted by things around me, the tv, noticing that something in the house needed doing…you name it and I was there! I am a master procrastinator. Plus the floor was cold and I needed coffee…lol!

I decided that I needed a proper space to work from, one that meant I didn’t constantly get distracted or have to tidy away when I had friends and family coming over. I had a space at the top of the stairs that was home to my Hoover and other junk and wasn’t being well utilised, and if I’m honest, was a bit of an eye sore which I really disliked as everyone who came to the house and used my toilet (I have one and its upstairs) could see, and I knew a desk would fit perfectly there! And so, my little “office” space was born!

I’m really happy with it as you can see from my super happy, smiley, blogger face! Lol! I feel like I am more productive tucked away up here, its warmer, quiet, there are fewer distractions, and silly as it may sound, I actually feel like I now have a purpose!

I still have a few tweaks to make and there are a couple of things I’d like to add to the space – one being a wall planner, antoer being a chalk board/whiteboard/cork board combination but these things can be added as and when, but for now this space is perfect!

For the longest time I would sit on my bed with my laptop and blog from there. Being the only comfortable place to sit in my bedroom, this led to a substantial dip in the middle of my mattress, which also led to a lot of tossing and turning and backaches as I tried to sleep on this increasingly uncomfortable mattress. Now, thankfully, I have a new mattress. I also get to use a desk that was left behind by the previous tenant, so my posture is probably doing much better these days.

Your new space looks like it could be a very productive one. I write at the coffee table in my living room, mostly because I live in a very small apartment and it is the only place which lends itself to blogging. It’s a cosy space, and I have a routine whereby I light a couple of candles and play some background music, but I do become quite distracted by the sight of people walking past the window of my ground floor flat. I suppose that’s why it takes me all week to produce a post!